RITESH BATRA

Mumbai: After making heads turn at the red carpet of Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, actress Nimrat Kaur is now headed to London to support her film 'The Lunchbox', which has been nominated for the British Academy Of Films and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.
The actress, who was lauded...

Mumbai: Guneet Monga, one of the producers of 'The Lunchbox', says the movie's nomination in the Film Not in the English Language category of the British Academy Film Awards 2015, is a reassurance that quality content always pays off.
'The Lunchbox', directed by Ritesh Batra, is said to have become the...

London: Internationally acclaimed Indian film 'The Lunchbox' was on Friday nominated for the Film Not in the English Language category of the British Academy Film Awards 2015.
'The Lunchbox', starring Nimrat Kaur and Irrfan Khan, is competing with Polish-Danish drama film 'Ida', Russian drama 'Leviathan', Brazilian-British adventure drama thriller film 'Trash',...

Toronto: Indian film director Ritesh Batra's 'The Lunchbox' has been named best first feature at the 18th annual Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) awards here.
It's the only Indian movie to win a TFCA award, voted by the members of the association, which includes Toronto-based journalists and broadcasters who specialise in...

New Delhi: After the success of his bitter-sweet love story 'The Lunchbox', director Ritesh Batra is writing his next film which is again set in Mumbai.
'The Lunchbox', starring Irrfan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur, garnered much critical acclaim both in India and abroad, except for the controversy over it being...

Mumbai: Director Ritesh Batra, whose 'The Lunchbox' lost out to 'The Good Road' as India's foreign language Oscar entry last year, says the method for selecting entries for the Academy award in India is flawed.
Last year, Gyan Correa's 'The Good Road' was picked over 'The Lunchbox'. The director along with...

Ritesh Batra, who made headlines for his Bollywood project 'The Lunchbox', is now being appreciated for his short film 'The Masterchef'. For the uninitiated, 'The Masterchef' was among the 5 short films shown at a screening which was cohosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the Sundance Film...

There may not have been too many Bollywood blockbusters last year, but there were enough filmmakers that proved that the art of filmmaking continues to be as impressive and impactful as ever.
Being a director is never easy. For it calls for consistent efforts, clarity of thought and most importantly,...

Washington: Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra's critically acclaimed film "The Lunchbox" beat out Hollywood movies, Oscar contenders, and all other foreign-language films to score the number one per-theatre average gross of any film in North America last weekend.
After its success in New York and Los Angeles, the Irrfan Khan-starrer will release...

Washington: Ritesh Batra, director of the critically acclaimed 'The Lunchbox' would like Indian filmmakers to "reach out with our films to the world" as India has a wealth of stories to tell.
"We should not restrict our audience to India and Indians. Indian films should be for the world," says the...

Mumbai: Ritesh Batra, who has been on an awards winning spree for his film 'The Lunchbox', has been missing from the events. He says he was busy promoting the film in the US.
Sources close to the film aver that Batra was miffed at being largely ignored in the popular categories...

New Delhi: The awards season is upon us and this is the time when the best of Indian cinema is judged, reviewed rewarded for entertaining us in the past year. 2013 has seen a mixed bag of films comprising both popular and art house cinema. In our maiden initiative, we...

Mumbai: One of the most acclaimed movie of recent times, 'The Lunchbox', has released in Zurich, a unique event indeed for a Hindi film.
"It's freezing over here. But Zurich is gorgeous. We're promoting the film here for a weekend release," lead actress Nimrat Kaur said from Zurich.
The Swiss media and...

Melbourne: Director Ritesh Batra's 'The Lunchbox' is among the four Indian films that have been nominated in the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) this year.
The awards will be held in Brisbane next month.
According APSA official statement, Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk announced the names of 39 films...

Dharamsala: The second edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) Thursday began with the screening of 'The Lunchbox', which proved to be an inspiring choice to open the event.
This unusual yet mesmerising love story starring Irrfan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur opened to a packed house in Tibetan Institute of...

Dharamsala: With some of the best indie films from Poland, Sri Lanka, Australia and Laos participating, the second edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), starting Thursday in McLeod Ganj, promises to enrich viewers' exoerience about different societies and cultures.
Being organised in the scenic locales of Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh,...

New Delhi: The Film Federation of India, the apex body that decides Indian entry for the Oscars, and 'The Lunchbox' director Ritesh Batra were today locked in a wordy duel over the selection of 'The Good Road' for the best
foreign film category.
In a strongly worded letter to Batra, which has...

New Delhi: The Film Federation of India has issued a letter to the makers and presenters of 'The Lunchbox' which asks them questions related to their comments on the selection of 'The Good Road' as India's Oscar entry. We have received a copy of the letter and we are running...

New Delhi: Ritesh Batra made the heads turn with his debut feature 'The Lunchbox', but his creations started to fetch attention long time ago. Batra's film 'Cafe Regular, Cairo' was selected and awarded at several film festivals.
Interestingly, IBNLive is tracking the growth of Ritesh Batra as a filmmaker since his...

He is not a typical Hindi film hero, he doesn't really have any signature move, neither can he dance like a dream but every time Irrfan Khan comes on screen, he manages to captivate us all.
From a cheating husband in a cringe worthy 'Thank you' to his latest cynical...

New Delhi: The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has announced the names of nine scripts that will be a part of the National Script Lab. These scripts will be mentored by Marten Rabarts (Senior Consultant, Training and Development, NFDC), Olivia Stewart (Script Advisor, Binger Filmlab) and Ritesh Batra (Director of...

New Delhi: Now, when the debate about the selection of 'The Good Road' at India's Oscar entry is going on, we felt the need of taking a look at what foreign film critics said about the film.
Jay Weissberg of Variety wrote: A feelgood movie that touches the heart while steering...

Mumbai: Gyan Correa, whose film 'The Good Road' has been selected to represent India at the Oscars, tackles the controversies that have erupted over the film saying 'running my film down is not going to help any other film'.
Many felt that 'The Lunchbox' should have been selected for the Oscar...

Mumbai: Actress Nimrat Kaur, who debuted with 'The Lunchbox', said the report that the film was being considered for an Oscar nomination came as a surprise.
"Our film was released on Friday and the news came out on Saturday... I was too distracted with the feedback we were getting for our...

New Delhi: Director Ritesh Batra has made heads turn with his debut film 'The Lunchbox' featuring Irrfan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He talks about the subtleties and careful planning involved in filmmaking in a candid chat.
The idea
I was working on a documentary in 2007 on the dabbawallahs and was...

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur
Director: Ritesh Batra
In an age when instant messaging, email, and various social media have made communication easier and quicker, debutant writer-director Ritesh Batra relies on scribbled notes tucked in tiffin boxes to deliver a charming, old-fashioned love story in 'The Lunchbox'. There's a simple line...

New Delhi: Having won laurels in various international film festivals across the globe, documentary filmmaker Ritesh Batra's first feature film 'The Lunch Box' is ready to release in India.
A poignant sensitive tale of two strangers who fall in love without meeting each other and merely through exchange of letters tucked...